Vocabulary Agriculture Flashcards
aquaculture
use of river segments or artificial bodies of water for the raising and harvesting of food products including fish
boserup thesis
growth independently forces a conversation from extensive to intensive substance agriculture
commercial economy
a system of production of goods and services for exchange in competitive markets where price and availability are determined by supple and demand forces
economic geography
the branch of systematic geo. concerned with how people support themselves with the spatial patterns of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, and with the areal variation of economic activities
extensive agriculture
yields a large amount of output per acre through less intensive farming
extractive industry
industries involved in the activities of prospecting, exploring, developing and producing for non-regenerative natural resources from the earth
gathering industry
primary activities involving the subsistence or commercial harvesting of renewable natural resources of land or water
green revolution
the development of higher-yield and fast-growing crops through increased technology, pesticides, and fertilizers transferred from the developed to developing word to alleviate the problem of food supply in those regions of the globe
intensive agriculture
a form of subsistence agriculture that involves effective and efficient use of labor on small plots to land to maximize crop yields
columbian exchange
where products were carried both ways across the Atlantic and pacific ocean during colonization
market economy
an economy in which decisions regarding investment, production, and distribution are based on supply and demand, and prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system
maximum sustainable yield
largest ecological yield that can be extracted without reducing the base of capital itself, the surplus required to maintain natures services at the same or increasing level over time
natural resource
any natural material that is used by humans
nomadic herding
the continual movement of livestock in search of forage for animals
nonrewable resource
a resource that is a finite supply and capable of being exhausted
planned economy
economic system in which a single agency makes all decisions about the production and allocation of goods and services
plantation
a large, frequently foreign owned piece of agricultural land devoted to the production of a single export crop
primary activity
concerned with the direct extraction of natural resources from the environment
quaternary activity
concerned with the collection, processing, and manipulation of data and Capitol
Quinary activity
require a high level of specialized knowledge or technical skill
renewable resource
can be replaced without a long time wait
resource
a substance in the environment that is useful to people. is economically and technologically feasible to access and is socially acceptable to use
secondary activity
processing of products and assembling raw minerals
shifting cultivation
a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another
subsistence economy
any farm economy in which most crops are grown for nearly exclusive family or local consumption
tertiary activity
provides us with transportation, communication, and utilities
tragedy of the commons
class of social trap that involve a conflict over resources between individual interests and the common good
truck farm
a farm which use mechanizations to produce large quantities of fruits or vegetables for the market.
usable reserves
mineral deposits that have been identified and can be recovered at current prices and with current technology
van thunen model
an agricultural model that spatially describes agriculture activity in term of rent. activities that require intensive cultivation and cannot be transported over great distances. pay higher rent to be close to the market conversely, activities that are more extensive, with goods that are easy to transport, are located farther from the market where rent is less.
agriculture
the raising of animals or the growing of crops on tended land to obtain food for primary consumption by a farmers family or for sale of the farm
